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Kerry: Yemen Rebels Agree to a Cease-Fire, Starting Thursday
Source: Associated Press
Kerry: Yemen Rebels Agree to a Cease-Fire, Starting Thursday
By AHMED AL-HAJ, ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — Nov 15, 2016, 11:34 AM ET
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Shiite rebels have agreed to a cease-fire for their war-torn country, starting later this week — on condition their adversaries also agree to it.
However, Kerry's announcement drew an immediate backlash from the internationally-recognized Yemeni government, which dismissed the deal as "unilateral."
Kerry told reporters that the rebels, known as Houthis, have told him they agree to abide by a cessation of hostilities, starting on Thursday, providing the government side does the same, and that they are also willing to participate in a unity government, to be formed by the end of the year.
"There is a humanitarian disaster in Yemen - (not) just serious security and economic and political and humanitarian challenges," the top American diplomat said after leaving Oman — an Arab country that has been a traditional Mideast go-between — where he held talks with a Houthi delegation
"All the parties we talk to agree that there's no military solution," Kerry said. "So if that's the fact, you've got to get into: What is the political solution?"
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By AHMED AL-HAJ, ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — Nov 15, 2016, 11:34 AM ET
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Shiite rebels have agreed to a cease-fire for their war-torn country, starting later this week — on condition their adversaries also agree to it.
However, Kerry's announcement drew an immediate backlash from the internationally-recognized Yemeni government, which dismissed the deal as "unilateral."
Kerry told reporters that the rebels, known as Houthis, have told him they agree to abide by a cessation of hostilities, starting on Thursday, providing the government side does the same, and that they are also willing to participate in a unity government, to be formed by the end of the year.
"There is a humanitarian disaster in Yemen - (not) just serious security and economic and political and humanitarian challenges," the top American diplomat said after leaving Oman — an Arab country that has been a traditional Mideast go-between — where he held talks with a Houthi delegation
"All the parties we talk to agree that there's no military solution," Kerry said. "So if that's the fact, you've got to get into: What is the political solution?"
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kerry-yemen-rebels-agree-cease-fire-starting-thursday-43548825